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♪ ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ this is "nightline." >> juju: tonight, saving graceland. ♪ the audacious alleged plot to sell "don't be cool" singer elvis presley's iconic home at auction. how the family says alleged scammers tried to use his daughter, lisa marie's death, to
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their advantage. >> you've never met lisa marie presley? >> no. >> juju: how one woman helped prevent graceland from selling to the highest bidder. >> do you feel in some ways you helped save graceland? >> i feel i had a big part of it. relabeled the enemy. we visit some of the darkest years in american history. japanese americans interned in their own country. >> there was shame. my goodness. >> juju: the memories of one woman who was there. >> we would stand in line, and i guess sometimes several hours. >> just for a meal? >> yeah, just for a meal. >> juju: how this teacher and his students are keeping the lessons of history from being forgotten. and -- >> men, hot men. >> juju: the much-awaited new season of "emily in paris." we're with the star herself, lily collins. >> no application fee if you apply by august 29 at university of maryland global campus, offering online and hybrid courses and
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♪ >> juju: thanks for joining us. tonight, one of the most iconic landmarks of rock 'n' roll, elvis' famed home, graceland, was almost sold at public auction. it sounds incredible, but authorities say it nearly happened. here's abc's eva pilgrim. >> the surprising headline involving graceland. the famed home of elvis presley -- >> elvis presley's famous estate
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nearly went into foreclosure after an alleged plot to steal it. >> reporter: it's the latest in the saga surrounding one of the most iconic landmarks in american culture, elvis' home, graceland. the estate was almost sold out from under the presley family in may. now a federal grand jury investigating stunning allegations of fraud surrounding its attempted sale at auction. a judge stopping the sale just one day before it could have been sold off to the highest bidder. >> they asked if i signed the paperw paperwork, no. he showed me all the documents, is this your signature? no, it's not my signature. >> reporter: thanks in large part to this woman, kimberly fillbrick, speaking out for the first time. do you think you saved graceland? >> i think that i had a big part of it. >> reporter: elvis with hits like "hound dog" -- ♪ you ain't nothing but a hound dog ♪ >> reporter: and "burning love."
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♪ ♪ burning love ♪ >> reporter: made graceland his home and refuge where he raised his only child, lisa marie. lisa marie inheriting the estate, turning it into a museum honoring her father. speaking to diane sawyer in 2003 -- >> does graceland seem like another world away? or does it still seem like home? >> it's kind of a sad thing. a life that existed there at one time, and the history, and -- there was so much life. but -- it's still home to me, very much. when i'm there. >> reporter: after lisa marie's tragic death last year at 54, she was buried near her father on graceland's grounds. >> there was so many mixed signals in lisa marie's last few months or so. you know, she went to a golden globe ceremony. she just didn't look physically well. at the same time, she went to graceland just a few days before she died. >> this year's been 18 incredible year. >> ask visited her father's grave and said she had so much
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more she wanted to do. >> reporter: the estate was partially passed down to one of her daughters, actress riley keough. but earlier this year, a group calling themselves nassani investment is announced great land would be sold off to the highest bidder, claiming lisa marie presley had taken out a $3.8 million loan using graceland as collateral. >> anyone who studied lisa marie's life, especially her finances, wasn't immediately shocked to hear that maybe she was hugely in debt, maybe she had taken out some loan to pay off. but given how special that place was to her, that's the part that did seem a little odd. that she would have wanted to walk away from that. >> reporter: but questions abound about who is behind this alleged plot. elvis' granddaughter, riley keough, accuse the group claiming to be credit fors of trying to pull off what she calls a fraudulent sale. in a law, keough says her mother
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did not borrow anything and says the loan documents are forgeries, pointing to an affidavit from the notary saying, "i have never met lisa marie presley, nor have i ever notarized a document signed by lisa marie presley." that notary, kimberly fillbrick, lives 800 miles away in daytona beach, florida. >> you think, this is a joke, am i being punk'd? >> reporter: she previously worked at car dealerships and for the county. shortly after the foreclosure announcement on graceland, she says she received a call from a private investigator working for the presley family. >> they go, "well, your notary was used in a document where somebody put it up for collateral." >> when you saw the signature, what about it stood out to you? >> that it looked absolutely nothing like my signature. and it's blurred in a lot of places. >> reporter: she says the notary's stamp on the supposed loan papers looks different than her real stamp. and the alleged loan company
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claimed the notary who signed the papers did it with lisa marie present. so just to be clear, you've never met lisa marie presley? >> no. >> reporter: you didn't sign anything for lisa marie presley? >> nothing for her. >> reporter: thanks to fillbrick's affidavit, the judge issued a temporary injunction on the sale of graceland at the 11th hour. fillbrick reiterated her story to a panel of grand jurors yesterday. >> they had a list of names. do i know this person? am i familiar with them? no. >> reporter: her life, she says, has been upended with all the attention. her phone ringing off the hook, people knocking on her door, even some accusing her of being in on the alleged scam. you feel like you were a victim in this? >> absolutely i was. >> reporter: do you want someone held accountable for it? >> yes, i do. because i want to know the answer. how did you get my name?
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>> reporter: that's million-dollar question. >> yes, i know. >> reporter: as a federal grand jury investigates, the alleged loan company did not respond to questions from abc news but did file a response in court in late may, disputing the fraud accusations. graceland today, a national historic landmark. abc news sitting down with lisa marie presley and actor austin butler who played the king in the 2022 oscar-nominated film "elvis." >> we are in graceland. we are in the jungle room. >> this is where he would sit and eat breakfast, right? >> sometimes. >> what time of day would breakfast be? >> 5:00 in the afternoon. 11:00 at night. >> reporter: fillbrick visiting graceland herself for the very first time. >> i never expected it to be like this. i feel like a kid in a candy store. but i did my thing. i came and i saw it. we had a good time. >> juju: our thanks to eva. when we return, we're with
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♪ >> juju: welcome back. you're about to meet a high school teacher determined not to let history's lessons be cast aside, preserving the stories of some americans whose very freedom was taken by their own country. >> one time, i was asked, "what does it feel like?" well, just looking at this, can
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you imagine? you know, just standing here -- after a nfew minutes, i actuall could remember. it's just taken me a few years to even call it an incarceration camp. >> reporter: carlene tanagoshi tinkerer was 3 years old when she first walked these grounds. just weeks after japanese pilots bombed pearl harbor. the onset of some of the darkest years in modern history with one painful chapter written right here on our own soil. a part of history that was kept in the shadows. now refusing to be forgotten. so in these four corners is where your family lived? >> yeah, not very big. >> reporter: no, not at all. >> yeah. can you imagine? this was one of the larger ones. >> reporter: wow. carlene was among the 100,000 japanese americans detained by the u.s. government during world war ii. she and her family were
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incarcerated here in amachi, a camp 200 miles from denver in the eastern plains of colorado. growing up, your parents didn't talk about amachi? >> that's right. >> reporter: why do you think that generation wanted to forget? >> they don't look back. they don't, you know -- it was what it was. certainly there was shame. my goodness. you're labeled the enemy. oh my gosh. you didn't do anything wrong. >> reporter: more than 10,000 people were imprisoned at camp amachi between 1942 and 1945. twirds o citizens. >> each block had a mess hall. we'd stand in line sometimes several hours. >> reporter: just for a meal? >> just for a meal. the latrines, there were no separations to separate people. some people waited until very late at night and then they'd go to the bathroom and/or the showers.
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>> reporter: the majority of those held at aamachi came from california's central valley, teachers, professionals, farm workers. despite the oppressive living conditions, they nurtured flowers and vegetables. they ran shops, schools, published a newspaper. and when the war department came calling, many also volunteered to enlist. there was a 10% volunteer rate to fight in the war? >> yes. >> reporter: this was the highest rate of volunteers to go fight? >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: what does that tell you about the people who were here? >> it tells me a lot. it tells me this were wanting to prove their loyalty in spite of the fact that their parents, their families, were being incarcerated. >> reporter: that they were loyal americans? >> that's right. >> reporter: 953 men and women from amachi joined the military during world war ii. 105 of them were wounded. 31 killed in action. two months after the u.s. dropped nuclear bombs over hiroshima and nagasaki, the a
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amachi intierneys were ordered to wage the camp. amachi was abandoned and what happened here buried in sand and grass. >> we gather here today to right a grave wrong. >> reporter: nearly 50 years later, the u.s. government apologized to japanese americans and granted token reparations. back in the small town of grenada, colorado, one teacher started researching what happened down the road from his school at camp amachi. >> they had the fire department -- >> reporter: john hopper taught social studies and coached three varsity sports. he also coached his students, little by little, to uncover the forgotten history at amache. >> the object was to collect as many stories and primary sources that we could. one suitcase per person -- >> reporter: what started as an oral history project, the only
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school in grenada, population 400, blossomed into a full-blown museum. >> people started giving us stuff. and our first museum was actually on our campus. >> reporter: the high schoolers became historians, museum guides. >> this is a crib that a baby slept in. and it was donated by the baby who slept in it. >> reporter: together, john and his students took on a monumental task, one the federal government had yet to take on -- to preserve and restore the essence of the camp. >> we mowed. we trimmed trees. we fixed roads. plus we ran the museum. i mean, not many high school projects turn into full taking care of a historic site. >> reporter: they started the amache preservation society. john's students traveled all over colorado, kansas, and oklahoma to educate others about amache. >> there were a few people that weren't too happy that we were doing what we were doing.
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>> reporter: what made them unhappy? >> well, they didn't want it brought up into the history kind of thing. they just wanted to keep it pushed down. i mean, i would shed tears on some of the stories of people, you know. and it's just like -- >> reporter: it got under your skin? >> it did. it really did. i'm a champion of the cause to make sure that everybody understands what happened so it doesn't happen again. >> reporter: for ama krcche survivors and their descendents, the work has allowed them to come back to a living memorial to share their stories. wow, what do you feel when you step into here? >> oh -- i -- vivid memories you don't think of those things until you're there. >> i'm especially honored to be here with survivors and families. this is their story. >> reporter: after decades of work to preserve the memory of amache, the biden administration has declared the camp a national historic site.
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♪ >> juju: finally tonight, the eagerly awaited fourth season of "emily in paris." here's abc's rebecca jarvis. >> reporter: ahead of the much-anticipated season four premiere of "emily in paris" -- >> so nice to see you! >> so nice to see you too. >> reporter: i caught up with star lily collins in west hollywood for a trip down memory lane, stopping by the boutique where she worked as a teen. this is where you worked? >> i used to come here as a kid with my mom. and then i worked here when i was 16. hi, wendy! >> reporter: and a catch-up with
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her old boss. polka dots and moonbeams owner wendy. >> i haven't seen you in so long, oh my god, ten years. >> reporter: how was she is a an employee? >> she was one of my best, my best employees, she was incredible. innate style. you just had it. >> i grew up around fashion, and my mom, she really instilled in me this love of fashion. and also love of vintage. so then to play a character that is immersed in that world, it just felt, like, so natural. it felt organic. >> full circle. >> reporter: lily's childhood interest in fashion almost foreshadowing the role she would embody as fashionista emily cooper, whose outfits in the show take center stage. there is one piece of emily's that you coveted, like loved the most? >> i mean, it's actually weirdly more of the, like, bolder outfits that are more costumey. so this season there's a bla black-and-white ball gown by
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harris reid. >> i promised myself i'd be open to any possibility. >> reporter: coming into the store as a shopper with you and wendy here, you would definitely leave with maybe more than you intended to come and buy. >> i was really convincing. >> reporter: so convincing, she almost talked me into a new beret. >> it goes with your skirt, oh my god, you are so -- >> reporter: wait, i don't know, lily. have you learned how to properly style the beret? >> perfectly. >> reporter: after a little shopping, we stopped for a coffee and to talk all things season four. >> for new fans. people who are new to "emily in paris," if that's possible. >> reporter: how do they get ought caught up? what do you want them to know? >> girl moves to france. has slip-ups. learns along the way. finds a guy, loses that guy. finds a new guy, loses that guy. then they're back in the picture, there's more triangle drama that happens. >> reporter: the love triangle
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that's dominated the show. according to lily, it will take some unexpected turns in the new season. what can you tell us? >> well, i think everyone assumes that they know what the love triangle is. and who it consists of. but there's, like, multiple shapes. >> reporter: it's a rhombus. >> i don't know how to say it other than, like, geometry is, like, a big part of "emily in paris." and, you know, the triangle can keep, like, moving around. so there's -- there's definitely a lot of romance in the season. >> juju: our thanks to rebecca. part one of "emily in paris, season four" premieres on netflix tomorrow. that's "nightline." thanks for staying up with us. good night, america.

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